I looked up at the dark blue blanket that had started its trek across the sky, meshing with the warm yellow and orange tones of the setting sun. Despite the fact that night hadn’t actually fallen yet, the temperature had already dropped quite considerably, which had resulted in me walking along with my hands wrapped around my body in an attempt to keep myself warm.
Although the snow hadn’t completely stopped, it wasn’t coming down as heavily as it had been earlier.
Our return to the cave felt like it was taking twice the amount of time that it had taken me to leave. I knew that I would never have dared to say it to his face, but it was because of Matthew. He was limping along beside me, having refused any and all assistance from me once he had managed to get up off of the floor. His refu
